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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Enlist: On Which Side of the Window Are You?
Laura Brey · Army recruiting, copyright Geo. F. Griffin, Chicago, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph Laura Brey drew in 1917, printed by the National Printing & Eng. Co. of Chicago, 99 by 66 cm, sheet No. 09802.
Why it matters
Copyrighted by Geo. F. Griffin of Chicago, the sheet makes enlistment a question of where a man stands: indoors at the glass, or out in the ranks with the flag.
What to notice
A man at a window looking out at troops marching under a large American flag.
A pane of glass between him and the war.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Laura Brey
- Printer / house
- National Printing & Eng. Co., Chicago
- Campaign
- Enlist
- Service
- Army
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Army recruiting, copyright Geo. F. Griffin, Chicago, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 98503178 · POS - US .B74, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-1923).
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